Yahoo Finance

Can Roblox’s (RBLX) Handling of Child Safety Challenges Reveal Deeper Risk Management Priorities?

Earlier this week, Roblox faced intense scrutiny after CEO Dave Baszucki’s interview sparked controversy due to remarks on child safety and openness to cryptocurrency features, prompting further ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
The Telegraph

Roblox sets new safety standard by requiring face scans for all chat access

Gaming giant Roblox has unveiled a new, mandatory facial recognition system for all users wishing to access its chat features, a dramatic move aimed at creating an age-appropriate communication ...
Variety

Roblox to Require All Users to Verify Age With Facial Estimation Tech to Access Chat Features Beginning in December

Roblox will launch facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features beginning next month. The gaming platform has also implemented age-based chats to limit ...
The Sun

Ant and Dec reveal why they’ve stopped appearing on I’m a Celeb spin-off – and it’s not good news for Joel Dommett

The lads have taken aim at Unpacked's leading man I’M A Celebrity hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have lifted the lid on why they’ve gone missing from the show’s spin-off series. Ant and Dec ...
IT News For Australia Business

Chatty Australian Roblox users face mandatory facial age checks

Australian gamers who want use Roblox's in-game chat service will have to submit to a facial age verification check from next month. The system is available to Australian Roblox users on a voluntary ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
Irish Sun

Ant and Dec reveal why they’ve stopped appearing on I’m a Celeb spin-off – and it’s not good news for Joel Dommett

I’M A Celebrity hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have lifted the lid on why they’ve gone missing from the show’s spin-off series. Ant and Dec have regularly appeared on I’m A Celebrity: ...
PCGamesN

Roblox is rolling out face ID age checks to stop older players from chatting to kids, but will it actually work?

As various countries continue to crack down on online safety, Roblox has confirmed that it's rolling out a new age verification system for players who want to use the in-game chat feature. The system ...
Yahoo News UK

Ant and Dec reveal answer to Shona mystery baffling I'm a Celebrity viewers

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! hosts Ant and Dec have revealed the answer to a mystery that has been baffling viewers. During Monday's episode, EastEnders star Shona McGarty and Alex Scott got ...
The New York Times

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...